Professional Background
Dr. Isaac Sundar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is the principal investigator for the NIH/NHLBI funded R01 that is focused to understand the role of circadian clock molecule REV-ERB alpha in allergic asthma.
Dr. Sundar received his bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from University of Madras, Chennai, India and master’s degree in Applied Microbiology from Periyar University, Salem, India. Later, he pursued his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India. He was extensively trained under the guidance of Prof. Irfan Rahman (University of Rochester Medical Center), a pioneer in the field of oxidative stress, lung inflammation and redox biology during his postdoctoral training. Dr. Sundar’s ongoing research interests include, basic and translational aspects of circadian rhythms and their role in chronic inflammatory lung disease models. Additionally, his research will include other emerging areas such as epigenetics and chromatin remodeling role in chronic lung disease and extracellular vesicles/exosomes as novel circulating biomarkers in chronic lung disease.
Dr. Sundar is a member of the American Thoracic Society. He serves within the program and planning committee of ATS Assemblies: Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Respiratory Structure and Function and Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation. Additionally, he recently joined the Society of Toxicology as a professional member and will be actively involved within the Central State SOT chapter in the forthcoming years.
- BSc, Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, TamilNadu
- MSC, Applied Microbiology, Periyar University, Salem, TamilNadu
- PhD, Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, Puducherry
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Society of Toxicology, Inhalation and Respiratory Specialty Section, Member, 2020 - Present
- Internaltional Society for Extracellular Vesicles, ISEV Member, Member, 2019 - Present
- American Thoracic Society, Member, 2009 - Present
